Blue Plaid Card

Hi there my dear readers!

So a day back I had to make a card for a dear friend of mine, I just could not come up with an idea. I browsed pinterest, all my saved pins for inspiration - no luck!

Then, I remembered  I had saved this amazing technique in my Instgram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CHFtv29nEQ6/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

I'm some one who loves to have my card as neat as possible, so obviously I chose the third method in the video! I struggled with severe shoulder pain but managed to successully create the plaid background!

Then I added on an embossed panel in the middle of the card, raising it with foam tape. I also mounted the sentiment on the panel using foam tape. 

When I first started crafting, I had no die cutting machine, so I used to purchase punches! I had this leaf punch using which I would create the corner arrangements you see above. When the punch broke I had a really hard time finding a new one - I was saddened. Till the day I came across the same punch again. I had to use this corner arrangement. It's my go to combination when I have to fill up the emptiness in my cards!

Then I punched a hole using a double hole punch. ( the card panels measure 6/6.5" so I could not cut a single base out of one A4 cardstock sheet. As a result I used the top 0.5" of the front card panel as the hinge, onto the back one) Lastly I added the ribbon!

Here's a little backstory, I ran out of sky blue ribbon ( which I obviously didn't know!) so I resorted to using the closest one to the card which was lavender!

Inside the card, I used my circle leaf vine die cut, my little favorite leaf punch and two different types of punched flowers to create the folllowing arrangement. I added stones to tie it all up together. Finally, I added in the birthday sentiment!

Now it was time to make - the envelope!

I for some reason, always seem to struggle with the envelope. This once was surprisingly very smoothly made. I coordinated the colors of my decoration with the card front and added the cutest sentiment ever - " To My Beautiful Friend ".

The process of making this card was painstakingly long, so I decided to keep my back decor simple as usual. I cut three strips of paper, matching them with the card front, added them to the back of the card and then added the little adorable logo!

Here's the video of the card for a better view:

Hope you liked this card of mine, thank you for all your love and support! It truly encourages me to do better and means alot to me!

Love, 

Foo💜